Currently on tour in Europe, with more UK dates in March, Kodaline release their anthemic new single ‘The One’ out April 12th on RCA Victor Records.
Produced by Jacknife Lee, ‘The One’ is the second single to be released from Top 5 UK album ‘Coming Up For Air’ following the Radio 1 and Radio 2 playlisted ‘Honest’.
Bereft of a wedding present for their sound engineer, vocalist Steve Garrigan thought rather than heading to John Lewis he would write the happy couple a song. “Like an idiot, I left writing it until the night before,” he recalls. “Singing it the next day was the scariest thing I’ve ever done, much more nerve-wracking than standing in front a festival crowd.”
A highlight of their recent sold out show at The Roundhouse, ‘The One’ was never intended to be heard after its original airing. However, one night on tour, the band agreed to let a fan up on stage to propose to his girlfriend and decided to dust down the song. When fan footage of the performance started spreading on YouTube, it became obvious they had to record it.
Kodaline have spent much of the 12 months working on their new album with the new songs developing on the trademark sound that made their 2013 debut ‘A Perfect World’ a top 3 smash, selling 230,000 copies in the UK. After their sold out UK tour dates in March the band head out on a huge US tour.
Music-News.com caught up with Kodaline on album release day to fund out more. Check out the uncut interview below.
‘The One’ has also been remixed by renowned global producer Mark ‘Spike’ Stent.
Kodaline are: Steve Garrigan (vocals), Mark Prendergast (guitarist), Jason Boland (bassist) and Vinny May (drummer).
